Quotes About Wisdom

Sufletul foloseÈ™te ce-i trebuie. Este uimitor cât? înÈ›elepciune practic? se poate g?si în nenoroc È™i accidente.

My friend, it is not an arduous task that I bequeath, for our order knows only silken bonds. To be gentle and patient, to care for the riches of the mind, to preside in wisdom and secrecy while the storm rages without — it will all be very pleasantly simple for you, and you will doubtless find great happiness.

You cannot judge the importance of things by the noise they make.

Conway said quietly, "If you'd had all the experiences I've had, you'd know that there are times in life when the most comfortable thing is to do nothing at all. Things happen to you and you just let them happen.

The jewel has facets," said the Chinese, "and it is possible that many religions are moderately true.

He was forty-eight — an age at which permanence of habits begins to be predictable.

that he was both more and less experienced than the youngest new boy at the School might well be; and that, that paradox of age and youth, was what the world called progress.

Perhaps the exhaustion of the passions is the beginning of wisdom, if you care to alter the proverb.

Laziness in doing stupid things can be a virtue.

Miss Brinklow, however, was not yet to be sidetracked, "What do the lamas do?" she continued. "They devote themselves, madam, to contemplation and to the pursuit of wisdom." "But that isn't doing anything." "Then, madam, they do nothing." "I thought as much.

_ What do the [monks] do? [...] _ They devote themselves, madam, to contemplation and to the pursuit of wisdom. _ But that isn't *doing* anything. _ Then, madam, they do nothing. _ I thought as much.

he was doomed, like millions, to flee from wisdom and be a hero.

One of them was my father. He did not train aristocrats to govern the Empire or plutocrats to run their fathers' businesses, but he employed his wise and sweetening influence just as valuably among the thousands of elementary schoolboys who knew and know him still in a London suburb.

Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue," resumed the whisper.

If you'd had all the experiences I've had, you'd know that there are times in life when the most comfortable thing is to do nothing at all.

You can't argue with a fool, It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.

Walking away from something you want so badly that you know that isn't good for you, is one of the hardest things you'll ever do.

Careless words you can't have back. Have a way of leaving a bitter taste of your tongue.

Careless words you can't have back. Have a way of leaving a bitter taste on your tongue.

Sometimes I just want to paint the words You're right dear. across my forehead to save Wife the time of saying I told you so...

We can never know everything. Part of what we know is always wrong. Perhaps the most important part. A part of wisdom lies in knowing that. A part of knowledge lies in going on anyway.

Just because I don't fight back, doesn't mean I'm weak. It means I'm mature enough to know that anger won't solve anything

The thing about real life is.. "Nothing ever becomes real until it is experienced.

I make mistakes like the next person. In fact, "I have learned all kinds of things from my mistakes. The one thing I never learned is how to stop making them.